Villa Tugendhat

In the 1960s, Brno’s cultural circles began to try to restore the villa as a monument and open it to the public.

An excerpt from the article 15 facts about Villa Tugendhat

After the war, the Czech authorities turned the abandoned villa into an orthopedic ward of the neighboring children’s hospital. The villa’s living room became a gymnasium, and gym equipment was installed along its walls. For a while, the villa also served as a government resort.

The efforts of the cultural circles came partially to fruition only in the 1980s, when the building was put into use as a representative space The change of use of the villa did not occur until 1994.